1.) ANAPHORA-
"King Without a Crown" by Matisyahu
I say you're all that I have and you're all that I need
Each and every day I pray to get to know you please
Wanna be close to you, yes I'm so hungry
You're like water for my soul when it gets thirsty
Without you there's no me
You're the air that I breathe
Sometimes the world is dark and I just can't see
With these, demons surround all around to bring me down to negativity
But I believe, yes I believe, I said I believe
I'll stand on my own two feet
Won't be brought down on one knee
I'll fight with all of my mind and get these demons to flee
Hashem raise fire blaze burn bright in agony
Hashem's raise thy blaze burn bright and I believe
Out of darkness comes light, twilight unto the heights
Crown Heights your burnin' up all through the twilight
Said, thank you to my God, now I finally got it right
And I'll fight with all of my heart, and all a' my soul, and all a' my mind
So what's this feeling?
My love could rip a hole through the ceiling
I give myself to you from the essence of my being and
I sing to my god these songs of love and healing
I Want Mashiach now so it's time we start revealing
What's this feeling?
Me no want no sinsemilla.
That would only bring me down
Burn away my brain no way my brain is too compound
Elevated my soul purifiying my sound
Like the sun of a sun ray burning up through a cloud
Torah food for my brain let it rain till I drown
Thunder!
Let the blessings come down
Torah food for my brain let it rain till I drown
Strip away the layers and reveal your soul give yourself up and then you become whole
You're a slave to yourself and you don't even know
You want to live the fast life but your brain moves slow
If you're trying to stay high then you're bound to stay low
You want God but you couldn't deflate your ego
If you're already there then there's nowhere to go if you're cup's already full then its bound to overflow
Drownin up in the water's and you can't stay afloat
Ask Haschem for mercy and he'll throw you a rope
You're looking for help from God you say he couldn't be found
Looking up to the sky and searching beneath the ground like a king without his crown
Yes I wanna get down, like a king without his crown yes I keep falling down,
You really want to live but can't get rid of your frown..
Tried to reach unto the heights and wound bound under the ground
What's this feeling?
My love will rip a hole in the ceiling
I give myself to you from the essence of my being
I sing to my God all these songs of love and healing
I want Mashiach now so it's time we start revealing
Reelin' him in
Where ya been
Where ya been
Where ya been for so long
It's hard to stay strong I been livin' in galus (exile) for a life too long
Where ya been,
Where ya been for so long
What's this feeling?
My love will rip a hole through the ceiling
I give myself to you from the essence of my being and
I sing to my God all these songs of love and healing
Want Mashiach now so it's time we start revealing
What's this feeling?
My love will rip a hole in the ceiling
I give myself to you from the essence of my being and
I sing to my God all these songs of love and healing
Want Mashiach now so it's time we start revealing
Reelin' him in
Where ya been
Where ya been
Reelin' him in
Where ya been for so long
Where ya been for so long
It's hard to stay strong been livin' in galus (exile) for
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Analysis-
At the very end of the song, there is the repetition of the phrase "where ya been" and it is being asked to whomever Matisyahu is addressing. Throughout the entire song, he is confessing and describing his intense love for somebody. The tone is almost a pleading because when he asks where have you been, he follows it with how it's hard for him to stay strong because he's been living in conclusion for so long. He has grown lonely and needs the person back in his life to bring him back to normalcy.
"King Without a Crown" by Matisyahu
I say you're all that I have and you're all that I need
Each and every day I pray to get to know you please
Wanna be close to you, yes I'm so hungry
You're like water for my soul when it gets thirsty
Without you there's no me
You're the air that I breathe
Sometimes the world is dark and I just can't see
With these, demons surround all around to bring me down to negativity
But I believe, yes I believe, I said I believe
I'll stand on my own two feet
Won't be brought down on one knee
I'll fight with all of my mind and get these demons to flee
Hashem raise fire blaze burn bright in agony
Hashem's raise thy blaze burn bright and I believe
Out of darkness comes light, twilight unto the heights
Crown Heights your burnin' up all through the twilight
Said, thank you to my God, now I finally got it right
And I'll fight with all of my heart, and all a' my soul, and all a' my mind
So what's this feeling?
My love could rip a hole through the ceiling
I give myself to you from the essence of my being and
I sing to my god these songs of love and healing
I Want Mashiach now so it's time we start revealing
What's this feeling?
Me no want no sinsemilla.
That would only bring me down
Burn away my brain no way my brain is too compound
Elevated my soul purifiying my sound
Like the sun of a sun ray burning up through a cloud
Torah food for my brain let it rain till I drown
Thunder!
Let the blessings come down
Torah food for my brain let it rain till I drown
Strip away the layers and reveal your soul give yourself up and then you become whole
You're a slave to yourself and you don't even know
You want to live the fast life but your brain moves slow
If you're trying to stay high then you're bound to stay low
You want God but you couldn't deflate your ego
If you're already there then there's nowhere to go if you're cup's already full then its bound to overflow
Drownin up in the water's and you can't stay afloat
Ask Haschem for mercy and he'll throw you a rope
You're looking for help from God you say he couldn't be found
Looking up to the sky and searching beneath the ground like a king without his crown
Yes I wanna get down, like a king without his crown yes I keep falling down,
You really want to live but can't get rid of your frown..
Tried to reach unto the heights and wound bound under the ground
What's this feeling?
My love will rip a hole in the ceiling
I give myself to you from the essence of my being
I sing to my God all these songs of love and healing
I want Mashiach now so it's time we start revealing
Reelin' him in
Where ya been
Where ya been
Where ya been for so long
It's hard to stay strong I been livin' in galus (exile) for a life too long
Where ya been,
Where ya been for so long
What's this feeling?
My love will rip a hole through the ceiling
I give myself to you from the essence of my being and
I sing to my God all these songs of love and healing
Want Mashiach now so it's time we start revealing
What's this feeling?
My love will rip a hole in the ceiling
I give myself to you from the essence of my being and
I sing to my God all these songs of love and healing
Want Mashiach now so it's time we start revealing
Reelin' him in
Where ya been
Where ya been
Reelin' him in
Where ya been for so long
Where ya been for so long
It's hard to stay strong been livin' in galus (exile) for
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Analysis-
At the very end of the song, there is the repetition of the phrase "where ya been" and it is being asked to whomever Matisyahu is addressing. Throughout the entire song, he is confessing and describing his intense love for somebody. The tone is almost a pleading because when he asks where have you been, he follows it with how it's hard for him to stay strong because he's been living in conclusion for so long. He has grown lonely and needs the person back in his life to bring him back to normalcy.
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